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CHAGAS, G. G. and SUZUKI, M. S.

Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, CBB, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Pq. Califórnia, CEP 28013-600, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil

Correspondence to: Gustavo Gomes Chagas, Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, CBB, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Pq. Califórnia, CEP 28013-600, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil, e-mail: ggchagas@yahoo.com.br Received October 2, 2003 – Accepted March 5, 2004 – Distributed November 30, 2005

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ABSTRACT

Hydrochemical conditions in the Açu Lagoon are described using spatial and temporal variations of various limnological variables (water temperature, dissolved oxygen, electric conductivity, total alkalinity, carbon dioxide, dissolved and total nutrients (N, P and Si), and chlorophyll a). Collected data was used in order to understand the structure and functioning of an enclosed coastal lagoon strongly influenced by climatic conditions. Water samples were collected monthly (November 1999-December 2000) in five sampling stations established along the lagoon. A decreasing spatial gradient of electrical conductivity was observed beginning from a sand bar region between the lagoon and the sea in the direction of the sweet-water input area. The positive correlation observed between the pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) values, and the negative one observed between pH values and those of carbon dioxide (CO2), evidenced coupled biological processes, e.g., primary production and decomposition. Both spatial and temporal variation of dissolved nutrients showed fast increase and decrease in the beginning of summer, suggesting that nutrient input resulting from rainfall stimulates phytoplankton production, as reflected by chlorophyll a concentration increase.

Keywords: coastal lagoon, hydrochemistry, dissolved nutrients.

RESUMO

Variação sazonal da hidroquímica em uma lagoa costeira tropical (Lagoa do Açu, Brasil)

Condições hidroquímicas da lagoa do Açu são descritas usando a variação espacial e temporal de algumas variáveis limnológicas (temperatura da água, oxigênio dissolvido (OD), condutividade elétrica, alcalinidade total, CO2, nutrientes dissolvidos e totais (N, P, Si) e clorofila a para entender a estrutura e funcionamento de uma lagoa costeira isolada e fortemente influenciada pela sazonalidade. Amostras de água foram coletadas mensalmente (novembro 1999 a dezembro 2000) em cinco estações de amostragem estabelecido ao longo da lagoa. Um gradiente espacial decrescente de condutividade elétrica foi observado da região da barra de areia, que separa a lagoa do mar, em direção a região que recebe entrada de água doce. A correlação positiva entre os valores de pH e oxigênio dissolvido, e negativa observada destes com o CO2, evidencia o acoplamento de processos biológicos, como o de produção primaria e de decomposição. A variação espaço temporal de nutrientes dissolvidos mostrou um rápido incremento e redução da concentração de nutrientes dissolvidos no inicio do verão, sugerindo que a entrada de nutrientes pelas chuvas é um fator que estimula o crescimento fitoplanctônico, refletido pelo aumento da concentração de clorofila a.

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INTRODUCTION

Coastal lagoons are highly productive aquatic ecosystems (Knoppers, 1994) due to intrinsic characteristics such as: shallow water; continuous dissolved and particulate matter input; particularly from high lands; and those caused by internal dynamics generated by external energy.

Lagoon characteristics and their intrinsic hydrochemical dynamics are directly related to the relative influence of continental and marine waters received, which generate a biogeochemical gradient from inner lagoon areas toward the sea (Castel et al., 1996; Suzuki et al., 2002). The generally lowland lagoon locations promote organic and inorganic materials accumulation, especially in coastal lagoons, which results in elevated degrees of natural eutrophication. Shallow waters and constant wind facilitate extensive modification of materials and complete water-column circulation, thus increasing the interaction between pelagic and benthic compartments (Nixon, 1981). Because it is productive (due to light penetration), the benthic compartment largely controls the functioning of these systems. In addition, sediment resuspension and interstitial water advection contribute to regenerating nutrients accumulated in the bottom (Nixon, 1982).

Lagoons are currently considered one of the environments most affected by anthropic activities such as domestic, industrial, and agricultural waste dumping; fish, crab, and shrimp catching and farming; and dredging (Esteves, 1998). Some of these activities can accelerate the natural eutrophication process, causing irreversible deterioration of these as yet not totally understood environments. Studying the structure and functioning of coastal lagoons can supply information useful in sustainably managing these sensitive ecosystems, among which are those of the northern area of Rio de Janeiro State. In this region, the lagoons have an important social and economic function because of fishery (mainly fish and crustaceans), which sustains many local families. They also serve as frequently visited leisure areas.

The aim of this study is to identify spatial and temporal variations of some limnological characteristics in the Açu Lagoon, to establish seasonal influence on the dynamics of these

variables, and to determine the lagoon’s ecological heterogeneity.

Study area

In northern Rio de Janeiro State, the coastal lagoons – whose origins are related to the formation process of Paraiba do Sul river delta – are based geologically on quaternary fluvial marine sand deposits (Lamego, 1955). At present, these lagoons are isolated from the sea by a narrow (around 50 m wide) sandbar and a floodgate that sometimes is opened, especially in the rainy season (November to March).

Located in a sub-humid-dry region, the Açu Lagoon (Fig. 1), lies from within the city boundaries of Campos dos Goytacazes and São João da Barra. It presents a narrow, elongated shape, and runs parallel to the coast. Lagoon proximity to the sea, mainly on the northern portion, promotes a salinity gradient whose values decrease toward the southern portion, where the lagoon receives freshwater inputs especially from Quitinguta and São Bento canals and groundwater. The Açu lagoon watershed is covered by pastures, subsistance agriculture, and restinga vegetation. Due to the lagoon’s high salinity (about 30 us), mangrove species, especially of Avicenia sp, Laguncularia sp, and Rhizophora mangle, grow on its margins. Seasonal growth of benthonic macroalgae, e.g., Ulva sp, Cladophora sp, and Hypnea sp, near the sand bar that separates the lagoon from the sea. The inner area of the lagoon is also colonized by emergent aquatic macrophytes, especially Typha domingensis (Taboa).

METHODS

From November 1999 to December 2000, water samplings were carried out monthly in five stations along the Açu Lagoon (Fig. 1). The sampling stations had been chosen according to the morphology and visible biological characteristics of each, including varying degrees of settling macroalgae and aquatic macrophytes.

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electrical conductivity, and pH were measured at the water column itself using portable equipment (a YSI model 63 multiparameter and a YSI model 55 oximeter, with temperature compensation). All water samples collected were transported to the laboratory and processed immediately. Total alkalinity was measured following Gran’s procedures (Gran, 1952), and data were used to com-pute percentage saturation of dissolved inorganic carbon (CO2) (Carmouze, 1994). Subsamples were filtered in duplicate through Whatman GF/F membranes kept at - 20 °C and used to determine chlorophyll a by Nusch (1980) extraction method. The filtered samples were stored in plastic bottles, kept at - 5 °C, and used to identify dissolved inorganic N, P, and Si concentrations. Inorganic phophorus corrected for arsenate/silicate interference was determined using the molybdate blue methods of Strickland & Parson (1972). Reactive silicate was verified by the molybdenum blue method (Strickland & Parson, 1972). Nitrogen as ammonium was determined by indophenol blue methods of Grasshoff et al. (1983). Nitrite was determined by sulphanilamide; nitrate was verified by reduction to nitrite in a Cd-Cu column, using automatic flow injection analyzer (ASIA Ismatec System) methods. The DIN (dissolved inorganic nitrogen) was determined by adding the ammonium, nitrite, and nitrate. Total phophorus was determined by acid digestion. This required

persulphate and spectophotometric measurements of inorganic phosphate forms. Total nitrogen was established using basic persulphate digestion, in the same way as that for nitrate.

Statistical analyses were done through the non-parametric Mann-Whitney and Spearman correlation (p < 0.05), using STATISTICA 5.0.

RESULTS

Shallow water (< 1.5 m) and local wind action prevented water column stratification. Consequently, no significant chemical variation was observed between surface and bottom waters (Mann-Whitney U-test: p > 0.05, n = 12 x 13). The results and discussion then were focused on the average value between surface and bottom water.

During the sampling period, the water temperature data strongly evidenced seasonality in the Açu lagoon area, with higher temperatures in summer (c. 30 °C, November-March) and a decline between fall and winter, (average temperature: 23 °C) caused by air temperature variation (Fig. 2A). The water temperature data from November 1999 indicated the arrival of a cold front in the area, which is not usual in the spring.

Salinity, measured as electric conductivity, was varied substantially in time and space due to shallowness, macroclimatic conditions, and inputs of sea and fresh water. The spatial variation of

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conductivity values along the lagoon showed a clear chemical gradient going from less brackish water in the southern area (distal of the sand bar

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influence of the sea through the artificial sand bar openings, seawater percolation, and marine spray. Moreover, the highest electrical conductivity values found in Station 4 (generally 3 mS.cm-1 higher than in Station 5) suggested continuous sea-water infiltration through the sandland separating the lagoon from the sea. Decrease of conductivity values along the lagoon were noted during the first summer (Dec. 1999), when the rainfall levels rose. After December 1999, with reduced rainfall, electric conductivity values increased (Fig. 2B), showing that the evaporation rate (1844 mm.year-1, according to Meteorological Station of UFRRJ) exceeded freshwater input by rain (767 mm.y-1), groundwater, and the Quitinguta and São Bento canals. A rainy season characterized by low rainfall volume was registered between 2000 and 2001; increased conductivity resulted, with values reaching 63.7 mS.cm-1 (hypersalinity) on December 2000 at Station 4.

Both in space and time, pH and DO values showed a positive and significant correlation, while the correlation of pH with CDO was negative (Spearman test, r = 0.768 for pH and O2; pH and CO2 r = - 831, respectively; p < 0.0001; n = 62), which suggested that biological processes such as primary production and mineralization (decomposition/respiration) have a significant effect on these variations, particularly in stations 1, 3, and 5. The highest DO and pH values and the smallest CO2 values were observed at Station 5 (average values: 115% sat., 8.1, and 181% sat., respectively), probably due to development of benthonic macroalgae stands, which contribute significantly to regional primary production (Fig. 2D, 2E, 2F).

Reflecting both sea and fresh water influences, the total alkalinity values of Açu Lagoon presented minimum values of around 2 mEq.L-1 in the area closest to the sand bar, and values of around 4 mEq.L-1 in Station 1. From June to December 2000 this variable showed a certain homogeneity: all stations presented values of around 2 mEq.L-1 (Fig. 2C), probably due to reduced allochthonous organic matter (OM) inputs.

The temporal variation of concentrations of reactive silicate (Si-SiO4-3), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (N-NH4+ + N-NO

2- + N-NO3-) and inorganic phosphorus (P-PO4-3) is shown in Fig. 3.

The reactive silicate showed highest concen-trations in stations 1, 2, and 3 (around 200 µM) in December 1999, and lowest concentrations in stations 4 and 5 (around 35 µM). During the December 1999 rainy season, there was a higher input of continental nutrients into the lagoon through the canal, wetlands, and groundwater supplying the ecosystem with freshwater, thus establishing continental influence on dynamics of Si-SiO4-3 temporal variations (Fig. 3A). In addition, the data on this nutrient evidence the occurrence of an atypical summer between 2000 and 2001, when rainfall rates were lower than normal.

In general, dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) presented a reduction from the area closest to the continent in the direction of the sand bar. The highest DIN value was 39 µM (Station 1, September 2000) and the smallest value was 1.6 µM (Station 5, February 2000; Fig. 3B). Inorganic phosphorus values were around 0.5 µM in all stations, except Station 5, which showed values above 0.9 µM throughout the sampling period (Fig. 3C).

Total nitrogen and total phosphorus values showed high values with no temporal and spacial patterns during the sampling period. The average total phosphorus value was 1.8 µM and the average total nitrogen value was 58 µM (Fig. 4A, 4B, respectively).

Stations 1 and 2 showed highest concentration of chlorophyll a (average ~ 6 and 7 µg.L-1). A spatial gradient was observed in Açu Lagoon, with higher values in the continental area close to the sand bar (Fig. 5A). The N:P inorganic ratio showed the same spatial behavior, with higher values in stations 1 and 2 (average: 72 and 24, respectively) than the other sampling stations (average: below 18). Station 5 showed very small values throughout the sampling period (average: 6) except for February 2000, when the N:P inorganic ratio was 82 (Fig. 5B).

DISCUSSION

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column (Figs. 2D and 2E ). In Station 3, strong winds and the shallowness of the water column (< 0.5 m) combine to minimize organic material precipitation and accumulation; the sediment is, therefore, extremely sandy (average in lagoon = 33.5% DW OM, and in Station 3 = 1.4% DW OM;

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in the rainy season (November-March) with the greater OM input from the drainage basin. In general, the sampling stations always presented DO subsaturation and CO2 supersaturation, specially in those closer to the continent in areas where the shores are colonized by mangrove species (stations 3 and 4) and Typha domingensis (stations 1 and 2). This vegetation possibly contributes the highest loads of organic material in the system, which in turn accounts for the elevated values of alkalinity caused by high anaerobic decomposition rates (sulphate reduction, ferrireduction, and denitrification) and the associated tendency to elevations in H+ consumption (Carmouze, 1994).

In the inner area, organic matter input and decomposition activity increased available DIN,

especially in the N-NH4+ form. In the sand bar area, the development of macroalgae such as Ulva, which presents fast growth and high capacity to store nitrogen (Rosemberg & Ramus, 1982), may explain the low nitrogen concentration throughout the greater part of the year (March 2000-September 2000).

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period (see chlorophyll a values in Figs. 4D, 3B, 3C).

High salinity near the sand bar promotes ma-rine macroalgae genera such as Ulva, Cladophora, Gelidium, and Hypnea. These macroalgae compete for nutrients with other primary producers during the growth period (Smith & Horne, 1988; Fong et al., 1994). At the end of spring, when growth ceased and the seaweeds died, dissolved oxygen was consumed and pH and nutrient release into the water column decreased. The absence of macroalgae promoted the phytoplanktonic community, as is clear from increase in chlorophyll a and total phosphorus values, and decrease of those of inorganic phosphorus (Figs. 3, 4, and 5).

The region farthest from the sand bar (Station 1) differs from the other sampling areas by having the highest N:P inorganic ratio (Fig. 5A). Ammonification activity and the heavy input of organic material maintain a high concentration of dissolved inorganic nitrogen, whereas other processes, e.g., precipitation and phosphate immobilization in sediments related to the normally high dissolved iron concentration in this region account for these values being low throughout the year.

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TABLE 1

Physical-chemical, chemical, and biological (chlorophyll a) results obtained in lagoons of northern Rio de Janeiro State. Data from Esteves et al., 1984; Suzuki, 1997; Farjalla, 1998; Kozlowsky-Suzuki, 1998;

Pereira, 2000; • this study. All data taken in closed sandbar periods.

Lagoons Dis.O2 (sat (%))

pH Total Alk. (meq.L-1)

Salinity Total N (µM)

Total P (µM)

NID (µM)

P-PO4-3 (µM)

Si-SiO4 (µM)

Chlor-a (µg.L-1)

Iodada 70 5.3 0.10 14 33 2.2 1.6 0.04 14

-Comprida 79 4.4 0.06 3 48 2.3 1.3 0.02 11 0.7

Cabiúnas 69 6.7 0.04 5 44 1.9 2.5 0.08 103 2.8

Carapebus 100 8.1 1.9 5 49 2.1 3.9 0.01 14 5.3

Imboassica 105 8.2 1.8 4 35 0.5 1.5 0.11 57 2.4

Iquiparí  128 7.9 2.6 - 92 6.0 0.5 0.20 117 73

Grussaí  115 8.7 3.8 4 84 3.2 2.1 0.80 151 59

Açu 91 7.8 2.5 24.3 53 1.5 7.9 0.54 90 5.0

30:1 to 10:1, depending on the algae types present (Boynton et al., 1982; Atkinson & Smith, 1993). However, Fong et al. (1993) affirmed that other factors may limit phytoplankton growth. These authors further state that nutrient concentrations remain constant by virtue of a balance between the input and absorption pulses. Using the N:P ratio to evaluate nutrient limitation, only Station 1 in the Açu Lagoon presents phosphorus limitance, a point discussed below.

In general, the northern coastal lagoons of Rio de Janeiro State present low concentrations of dissolved nutrients because of fast cycling and assimilatory capacity of the biota (Suzuki et al.,1998; Machado & Knoppers, 1988). The low chlorophyll a values and relatively high availability of dissolved nutrients in the Açu Lagoon, when compared with those of other heavily anthropically- affected lagoons, e.g., the Grussaí and Imboassica lagoons (Table 1), suggest that the nutrient cycling process or nutrient input exceeds biota assimilation capacity. These facts corroborate the hypothesis that additional factors are limiting phytoplanktonic growth, although the N:P inorganic ratio indicated nutrient limitation only in Station 1. In stations 1 and 2 this factor is probably the reduced water clarity that restricts phytoplanktonic community growth. In stations 3 and 4, the high residence time of lagoon water (the last sand bar opening had occurred seven years before) favored the accumulation of organic compounds resulting from decomposing mangrove vegetation, which were proven to have

inhibitory effects on freshwater phytoplankton communities and other microbial populations (Alongi, 1987; Lee et al., 1990; Serrano, 1992; Herrera-Silveira & Ramirez-Ramirez, 1996). In Station 5, high salinity favors macroalgae growth, which compared to the phytoplanktonic community shows higher competitive capacity. On the other hand, artificial eutrophication increase can result in phytoplanktonic community dominance, which alters internal nutrient and gases (CO2 and DO) dynamics as has been observed globally (Phlips et al., 2002; Menéndez et al., 2002; Nakata et al., 2000; Almunia et al., 1999; Castel et al., 1996; Sfriso & Pavoni, 1994).

CONCLUSION

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thus changing the seasonal hydrochemistry dynamics in the Açu Lagoon.

Acknowledgements — The authors wishes to thank Antônio Carlos de Oliveira Pessanha and André Taouil for invaluable help in the field and laboratory analyses, Eliane Brás for an earlier English revision, and the Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF) for making its facilities available. This

research was funded by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) This study is contribution number 007 from the graduate studies in Ecology and Natural Resources, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense.

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Fig. 1 — Study area (Açu Lagoon) and location of sampling stations (1-5).
Fig. 2 — Temporal variation of physical and physicochemical variables in the water column in five stations of the Açu Lagoon  from November 1999 to December 2000.
Fig. 3 — Temporal variations of reactive silicate, dissolved inorganic nitrogen, and inorganic phosphate in the water column  in five stations along the Açu Lagoon from November 1999 to December 2000.
Fig. 4 — Temporal variation of total phosphorus and total nitrogen in the water column in five stations along the Açu Lagoon  from November 1999 to December 2000.
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